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The Peanut

VOLUME XI

NINETEEN HUNDRED
AND THIRTY THREE

PUBLISHED BY

THE STUDENTS OF SUFFOLK HIGH SCHOOL
SUFFOLK. VIRGINIA

FOREWORD

We. the Senior Class of Nineteen Hundred and
Thirty-three, present this volume of The Peanut
to you. our readers, for your approval. It has l>een
our aim to portray in this limited space the most
imixirtant activities that have taken place during our
Senior year.

If in latter years, you, who have lived these events,
review this volume, we hoj>e it will bring back the
pleasant clays spent in ‘‘Ole Suffolk High.”

DEDICATION

\V ITH gratitude for her whole - hearted
untiring efforts in our behalf, with sincere
appreciation of her personal worth, and with
an abiding and deep affection for her. we dedi¬
cate this eleventh volume of The Peanut
to

MISS ELIZABETH ELSE A

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T II K 1» K A N U T

The Peanut Staff

Jack Brothers . Editor-in-Cliicf

Berniece Jones . Assistant Editor-in-Chief

Curtis Johnson . Business Manager

Henley Churn... . Advertising Assistant

Frances Eason . Advertising Assistant

Edythe Ballard . Advertising Assistant

Aubert Nimmo . Advertising Assistant

Virginia Pepper . Literary Editor

Harry Honeycutt . Assistant Literary Editor

Helen Churn . - . - . Photograph Editor

Marion Bradshaw . Girls’ Sport Editor

Parker Brown . Boys’ Sport Editor

Elmo Howell . Joke Editor

Elizabet h Fa n n by . Typist

Miss Hargrave . Sponsor

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Board of Education of
Suffolk Schools

J. C. West, Jr., Chairman

John B. Taylor, Clerk

G. G. Coulboi rn

W. S. Beamon

J. E. Rawls

T. H. Debnam

Lillian Woodyard, B.A.

Kathryn Lingo .

Ann Hargrave, A.B .

Blonnie Johnson, A.B .

Elizabeth Elsea, B.A.

Gladys Yates, A.B .

Estelle Beale Seward, B.S.
Irma II URFF, A.B.

Elizabeth Chandler, A.B..

Thelma Pruden, A.B .

Margaret Daughtrey, B.A.

Myra Ramsey, A.B .

Elizabeth Vincent .

Daisy Mitchel, B.S .

Mae Bailey .

Dora Britt . , .

Reed West, A.B .

Anna Withers, A.B .

Joanna Rawls, A.B .

Wilbert Crocker, B.A .

Nannie Birdsong .

Mary Stallings
Francis S. Chase, M.A .

Faculty

. Westhampton College

. Beacom College

Randolph-Macon Woman’s College

. William and Man ( 'ollege

. Westhampton College

. Elon College

. University of Virginia

. William and Mary College

. Westhampton College

. Winthrop College

. Farmville State Teacher’s College

. Farmville State Teacher's College

. Wesleyan College

. Suffolk College

. William and Mary College

...' . William and Man College

. Woman’s College of Alabama

. ._ . . . University of Richmond

. Nansemond Seminary

Harrisonburg State Teacher’s College
. University of Virginia

Alma Mater

Suffolk forci'cr!

Her fame shall never die;

Fight for her colors ,

We'll raise them to the sky.
Each loyal son

Fledges her his heart and hand,
For her united
We as brothers stand.

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Senior Class

Colors: Blue and Silver
Flower: Blue Bachelor’s Button

Motto: “Make you the world a bit
better and more lieautiful because you
have lived in it.”

EDWARD BOK

Lucy Wingfield Norfleet
President

Page Hill
l ’ice- President

Virginia Pepper
Secretary

Curtis Johnson
Treasurer

Miss Wood yard
Sponsor

Loise Harrei.l Babb

Peanut Hull Staff, Boosters Club

Thomas Edward Baines

Boosters Club. Baseball Team

Thelma Alice Baines

Edythe Holmes Ballard

Senate Award Committee. Stage
Committee, Boosters Club. School
Pianist, Annual Staff. Peanut Hull
Staff

Marion Virginia Bradshaw

Basketball Team. Boosters Club, Sen¬
ate Advisory Committee. Annual Staff

Thomas Holland Britt

Peanut Hull Staff. Boosters Club,
Senate Award Committee

Jack Brothers

Editor-in-Chief Annual, Senate Rep¬
resentative. President of Honor
Awards. Boosters Club, Peanut Hull
Staff

Thelma Clark Brothers

Secretary of Senate. Boosters Club,
Vice-President Honor Awards. Char¬
ter Committee of Boosters Club

Edward Parker Brown

President Student Senate. Manager
Baseball Team. Captain Football
Team, Basketball Team, Boosters
Club. Annual Staff. Peanut Hull
Staff, Senate Advisory Committee

Evelyn Virginia Burchett

Basketball Team, Peanut Hull Staff,
Boosters Club

Helen Estelle Churn

President Boosters Club, President’s
Council, Cheer Leader. Peanut Hull
Staff. Annual Staff. Spring Play

Henley W. Churn, Jr.

Baseball Team, Peanut Hull Staff.
Annual Staff, Boosters Club

Martha Elizabeth Clark
Peanut Hull Staff, Boosters Club

Bernice Lee Cones
Boosters Club

Frances Mae Copeland
Boosters Club

Marion Austin Cross, Jr.

Football Team, Fall Play

Frances Elizabeth Eason

Editor of Peanut Hull. Manager
Girls' Basket ball. Boosters Club, Fall
Play. Spring Play, Annual Staff

Mary Elizabeth Fanney

Annual Staff. Boosters Club

Henry L. Gardner, Jr.

Glee Club, Manager Boys’ Basketball.
Senate Advisory Committee. Boosters
Club, Peanut Hull Staff. Manager of
Tennis, Commencement Committee

Elizabeth Dare Hayes
Boosters Club

Geraldine Page Hill

V ice-President Class \n. Boosters
Club, Senate Advisory Committee

Harry McC. Honeycutt
Annual Staff

Nancy Leigh Howell

Peanut Hull Staff. Boosters Club

Annie Louise Hudgins

Boosters Club. Peanut Hull Staff

Pabius Curtis Johnson

Business Manager of Annual, Peanut
Hull Staff. Boosters Club, Treasurer
of Class ’33

Lillian Frances Johnson

Basketball Team, Fall Play, Boosters
Club. Peanut Hull Staff

Virginia Berniece Jones

Annual Staff, Peanut Hull Staff.
Boosters Club

Garland Evans Jones
Boosters Club

Claude Clifford Lilly, Jr.

Boosters Club

Isabel Payne Mathews

Peanut Hull Staff, Boosters Club

Rose Lee Milteer

Boosters Club

Gernon Albert Ximmo

Annual Staff, Spring Play, Peanut
Hull Staff, Assembly Committee.
Honor Awards Committee, Com¬
mencement Committee, Senior Debat¬
ing Team

Lucy Wingfield Norfleet
President of Class ’.13. Secretary-
Treasurer Boosters Club. Peanut
Hull Staff. Senate Advisory Com¬
mittee

Bruce Oliver

Football Team. Captain Basketball
Team. Baseball Team. Peanut Hull
Staff. Glee Club

James Hodges Parker
Boosters Club

Virginia Frances Pepper
Secretary of Class '33. Boosters Club.
Annual Staff. Assembly Program
Committee, Hrnor Award Committee.
Fall Play, Senate Representative

Oscar Glazier Piland

Football Team. Basketball Team.
Baseball Team, Spring Play. Student
Senate. Boosters Club, Peanut Hull
Staff

Virgie Holland Piland
Boosters Club

Charles Bailey Pond. Jr.

Peanut Hull Staff, Boosters Club.
Tennis Team

Helen Shepherd Riddick
Boosters Club. Peanut Hull Staff

Cathrine Cecelia Smith

Boosters Club, Peanut Hull Staff

Charles William Smith

Boosters Club

Ella Louise Smith

Boosters Club

Virginia Willis Spain
Boosters Club

Edythe Louise V. Volper

Rachel Almina Wills

Basketball Team. Boosters Club. Pea¬
nut Hull Staff

Frances Woodward Wilson

Peanut Hull Staff. Boosters Club.
Basketball Team

T II E P E A N U T

Class Song

Tunc: “Auld Lang Syne”

Should old acquaintance be forgot.
And never brought to mind t
Should old acquaintance be forgot.
And days at Suffolk Hi f

Chorus

For Suffolk Hi icill always
Stay in our memories;

The friendships made in S. H. S.
Will never, never end.

And here’re our hands in friendship given,
Our hearts nnll always lie
With thoughts of love and tenderness.
For the days at Suffolk Hi.

To teachers and to classmates too.

We’ll make a hearty toast

To Suffolk forreer

In our hearts we’ll always boast.

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T II K P E A N U T

19 3 3

Senior Superlatives

Best Looking
Page — Charles

Most Studious
Virginia — Edward

Best All ’Round
F ra n ces — Park er

Wittiest

Cathri ne — Hodges

Best Dancers
Helen — Glazier

Most Popular
Helen — Glazier

Most Loyal
Jack — Parker

Most Athletic
Rachel — Bruce

Cutest

Rose Lee — Aubert

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T II K V K A N U I

Senior Prophecy

MEETING called bv City Manager Parker Brown, of all Suffolk High
School graduates of 1933 will be held on May 1. 1943, in the Suffolk
High School auditorium, Suffolk, Virginia.” Your announcer. Henry Gard-
Your station, S. H. S.

It is the first thing I have heard from my ole school mates in over seven
years. I must not miss this meeting. I just can’t wait for the time to come
when we will be together again. There is a plane leaving Roosevelt Field going
South Friday at 6:00 A. M., and it will land in Suffolk, Friday at 5:00 P. M. I
must get ready. I couldn't miss such a treat.

After a long and tiresome journey, the plane landed at 5:00 P. M.. and I
was the first to get off. One look in the sky. which was thickly dotted with
skyscrapers, gave me knowledge that the Class of ’33 had really made Suffolk a
prosperous city.

As I walked into the office to get my baggage, which had l>een sent by
another plane. I noticed an aviator standing against the counter talking to the
stenographer. He looked around and who do you think it was — Claude Lilly. He
grabbed me in his arms and gave me a hearty welcome to the ‘‘World’s largest
Peanut Market" — Suffolk. I stood there dumbfounded when someone else gave
me a slap on the back — Elizabeth Hayes who was Claude’s stenographer.

“Would you have known it to lx* the same place?” asked Claude. “This is
what the Class of ’33 has heljxd do.”

“I would never have dreamed that such an improvement could have been
made. I must see every nook and corner lx fore I leave.”

“Come with me.” offered Claude, "and I will show you everything and
everybody you ever knew. I know City Manager Parker Brown will lx delighted
to see you. as your presence will make our meeting one hundred jxr cent in
attendance.”

We got in his Baby Lincoln and went flying up North Main street, which
had been beautified by widening the street and planting beautiful shade trees
along each side. Claude stopped in front of the Hotel Elliott, which had been
beautifully remodeled, and took my baggage in. He told me that Curtis Johnson
was manager, and he knew I would get all the service I needed, and that I would
enjoy being there. Curtis was as glad to see me as I was to see him. Claude
told me that he would be back after dinner, and we would go to the meeting
together.

As I walked through the lobby I noticed a large jxjster on the bulletin board
with a face on it that looked very familiar. It was none other than “Flinky” Piland.
coach of Suffolk High School’s teams, which was giving a baseball game Saturday
at 3:30 o’clock.

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I took the elevator up to the fifth floor. After dressing. I went down for
dinner. The dining room was full of people, but they were all strangers to me.

Claude was right on time. We got in his Bahv Lincoln and went shooting
down Saratoga street to the school. I thought I was in front of the Empire
State building. I would have never recognized it as the branch that we used
to play in. for it had l>een filled in and an annex built to the old high school.
We took the elevator up to the third floor which the main auditorium was on.

Three loud cheers rang out as I entered the auditorium. I was never so
surprised to think that no one had forgotten me during my long |>eriod of absence.

City Manager Brown gave a very interesting talk on "The Growth of the
Peanut Market.” Frances Eason, editor of the Knows All, Suffolk’s daily paper,
was there with her two most dependable reporters — Catherine Smith and Berniece
Jones. Marion Bradshaw, manager of the “Silver Slipper Night Club,” cordially
invited us over after the meeting adjourned. Much appreciation was given Henry
Gardner for the use of his microphone and his kind service of announcing.

After the meeting, we took the “Fresh Air Taxi." owned and operated by
Hodges Parker and Edward Baines, over to the “Silver Slipi>er.” Chief of Police
Henley Churn with his assistant. C. B. Pond, guarded the place to make sure wfe
enjoyed ourselves in peace.

A lively tune played by the “Cotton Club Comedians,” directed bv Aul>ert
Nimmo, made us feel merrier than ever. Charles Smith very kindly served soft
drinks from his up-to-date soda fountain during the evening. Helen Riddick, an
instructor in dancing, gave us a number which included all of the latest steps
even to the “Camel’s Walk." Edythe Ballard, accompanied at the piano by Helen
Churn, rendered a numlier of solos. Never had I in New York enjoyed an
evening as much as I had this one spent in Suffolk.

The next morning I was invited over to the beautiful Laurel Cliff Country
Club to play Suffolk’s 1943 golf champion, Evelyn Burchett. Thomas Britt,
president of the Helen Wills Tennis Club, gave me a number of new jjoints in
playing tennis.

How sorry I was that today was Sunday, and I w-ould have to leave for
New York. It was made a promise that there would be another reunion in 1953
and every member agreed to be present.

I boarded my plane and waved a Goodbye to the prosperous Class of 1933.

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Junior Poem

To Suffolk High, our Alma Mater,

We hail thee as our friend;

You brought us forward to this place
Where soon our school days end.

You bring us forth, as we help you,

And in the future will;

The Juniors praise and honor you,

Our friend and helper still.

For 'tis you, Dear Suffolk High, we praise.
To you ive'll loyal be;

For you, the Junior Class, so true.

Her songs will ever raise.

For you are so grand and noble.

The best school in the land;

You are our Alma Mater
And for you we’ll ever stand.

Olivia Yates, ’34

Junior Class

Colors: Rose and Silver

Elmo Howell .

Pym Wilson .

Helen Oliver .

Jack Artman .

Miss Yates

. Treasurer

Miss Johnson >
Miss Hargrave]

. Sponsors

Jaffe. S.

Oliver. H.

Yates. O.

Yates, C.

Mehalko. G.

Howell. E.

Yates. A.

Nimmo, V.

Pruden, B.

Sheffield. V.

Laderberg, G.

Januarv, H.

Murden, C.

Howell. D.

Whitley, H.

Mitchell, J.

Hogswood. W.

Eure. M.

Taylor, G.

Phillips. J.

Pearce, C. G.

Pratt. R.

Murphy, J.

Parker. O.

Robertson. H.

Carroll. J.

Voljier, V.

Harrell. D.

Holland, A.

Faulkner. G. •

Hethorn. E.

Harrell. S.

Walker, E.

Baker. L.

Moore, A.

Oliver, L.

Weaver, R.

Ellis. M.

Bell. M.

Evans. G.

Wilkins, M.

Wilson, P.

Baine::, E.

Rawls. E.

Miles, H.

Sophomore Class

MISS HURFF’S HOME ROOM

Willis Riddick . President

MRS. SEWARD’S HOME ROOM

Joyce Jackson . President

MISS CHANDLER’S HOME ROOM

Virginia Wilkins . President

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Freshman Class

MISS PRUDEN’S HOME ROOM

Polly Pinner . President

MISS MITCHELL’S HOME ROOM

Joe Berman . President

MISS DAUGHTREY’S HOME ROOM

Edith Foster . President

MISS RAMSEY’S HOME ROOM

Kitty Baines . President

ACTIVITIEI

Organizations

1. The Boosters Club

2. Winners of Honor Awards

3. The Spring Play

4. Peanut Hull Staff

5. Boys' Basketball Team

6. Girls’ Basketball Team

7. Football Team

8. Baseball Team

Boosters Club

I"" N order to reduce somewhat the stress and strain of the student body’s
financial problem, we put in use this year the “Student Activity Fee.”
' This fee was set by the Student Senate at two dollars cash or two
dollars and fifty cents on the installment plan. A student paying this fee
was entitled to l)e admitted to all the home-games of the football, basketball
and baseball teams and two three-act plays. Mr. Wilbert Crocker was in
charge of the ticket sale.

At the first meeting of all the pupils who had purchased an activities
ticket, it was decided to name this organization the Boosters Club. Helen
Churn was elected to lead the club and Elmo Howell and Lucy Norfleet were
elected vice-president and secretary and treasurer, respectively.

A committee composed of Edythe Ballard, Helen Riddick, Virginia
Willis Spain and Curtis Johnson was appointed to draw up the by-laws and
aims of the club.

The main event of the year was the banquet and dance given by the
club in honor of the Girls’ and Boys’ Basketball Teams. The banquet took
place in the sewing room of the Domestic Science Department and dance
was held in the high school gym. Music was furnished by Mammie Kelly
and her orchestra. Both the dance and banquet were very successful.

The Boosters Club stands for the highest tyi>e of school spirit and loyalty
interwoven with fairness and good sportsmanship. The aim of the club
is to boost every worthwhile student movement, to raise the morale of Suffolk
High and to improve the scholarship.

All the worthwhile movements made to improve the school have been
sponsored by this organization. The Clean Up Campaign improved the
appearance of lx>th the halls and grounds of Suffolk High. The Better
Assembly Programs Committee headed bv Virginia Pepper and advised by
Mrs. Seward has been very successful not only in improving the Chapel
programs, but in bringing out the hidden talents of many pupils. The Pep
Meetings have done much to boost the morale of the school.

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Honor Awards

r ■ ^ H E Student Senate’s most outstanding work this year has been the
I creation of the honor award system. Although just an experiment,
it has proven quite successful in Suffolk High School. Much of the
credit should be given to the Senate for having accomplished the legislation
necessary for the establishment of such a system. The motion was passed
that all pupils having a certain scholastic average and being participants in
the school’s activities should be awarded some public recognition. It was
decided that in order to be eligible for this distinction a pupil must maintain
a scholastic record of at least two B’s, with no mark lower than a C and must
not have more than three absences or tardies.

Parker Brown, Aubert Ximmo and Mary Arthurs with Virginia Pepjier,
acting as chairman, and Mr. Chase, as adviser, formed a committee for the
selection of those qualified. There were seventy-seven applicants : fifty-five
girls and twenty-two boys. After a great deal of thought and deliberation, the
committee agreed to make awards to fifteen girls and seven Ixjys.

The basis for this selection was very important. Scholarship, while not
the main factor, was considered gravely. A well rounded life for an average
student was the real basis for the decision. A good scholastic record, partici¬
pation in the various school activities, such as: the clubs, basketball, football
and l>aseball teams, leadership, initiative and decidability were thought to
characterize this well rounded life. Work outside of school such as music,
art and so forth was taken into account.

A second committee composed of Helen Churn, Elmo Howell, Elsie
Warrington, Harriet Eley and Gene Eve was formed to act as a check on
the alxive mentioned committee whose selections proved to lie satisfactory.

A sjiecial assembly was set aside for the presentation of the awards.
Later the selected group met and organized with the intention of continuing
their work, in an effort to inspire other pupils. The organization induces
greater achievement and fosters a more friendly attitude between teachers
and students. It is our earnest hope that the honor award system will be kept
active in Suffolk High School.

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Honor Award Pupils

Jack Brothers .

Thelma Brothers .

Marguerite Bell .

Lillian Smithers
Lucy Norfleet
Thelma Brothers
Henrv Gardner
Jack Brothers
•George Mehalko
Hatton Robertson
Hume Woodward
Joyce Jackson
Anne Cross
Jane Harris

. President

. Vice-President

. Secretary

Pyni Wilson
Betty Butler
Betty Ball Lummis
Marguerite Bell
Bill Cross

Martha Virginia Elam
Doris Swain
Vivian Ziemke
Langford Jones
Elsie Berry Yates
Rachel Crocker

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“Who Wouldn’t Be Crazy?’

CAST

Hume Woodward . -J

Marguerite Beli .

Alva Wilcox (general utility man) .

Helen Churn (colored maid) .

Frances Eason (head nurse) .

C. C. Pierce (superintendent) .

Aubert Nimmo (of the lx>ard of directors) .

Elmo Howell (his son) .

Betty Ball Lummis (a visitor) . .

George Mehalko (an admirer of Lois) .

Beatrice 1

Marjorie U friends of Lois)

Janet j

Margaret Hutton (a wealthy patient)

Glazier Piland (a policeman) .

Archie Martin (Evelyn’s fiance) .

Tims: June i and 2 of the present year.

Place: The courtyard of the Good Samaritan Sanitarium,

. Inmate No. i

. Inmate No. 2

. Pluribus

, . Pendie

. Miss Lavelle

. Mr. Higgins

. Mr. Marshall

Jack, Alias “Speedy''

. Lois Meredith

. Reggie Mortimer

j li m mcdine Rawlcs
^ Harriet Broivn
[ Edith Council

. Evelyn Winslow

Hard boiled McCafferty
. Edward Gordon

near New York City.

DIRECTORS

Miss Margaret Da ugh trey

Miss Elizabeth Chandler

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Peanut Hull Staff

. Editors-in-Chicf

. Assistant Editors

EDITORIAL BOARD

Frances Eason/
Ira Moore \
Berniece Jones/
Alice Moore i

Dorothy Howell
Elsie Warrington
Martha Clark
Elmo Howell
Curtis Johnson
Helen Riddick

S. H. Babb
Aubert Nimmo
Isabelle Mathews
Carney Pierce
Frances Johnson
Pym Wilson

Jack Brothers /
Isabelle Mathews J
Miss Thelma Pruden /
Miss Blonnie Johnson {

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